Child&#39;s amusement device



Sept. 20, 1932. B H, wHnE 1,878,355

CHILD'S AMUSEMENT DEVICE Original Filed July '7, 1930 Win15 s s 3 r 19 rra IEIYE Y6 Patented Sept. 20, 1932 UNITED STATES P remv ewes BURT LHLWHITE, on SYRACUSE, NEW YORK ornmvs AMUSEMENT :onvicn I Application filed July 7, 1930, Serial No. 465,944,. Renewed Ju1y2 5 133a This invention relates to an amusement de-' vice adapted to be used more particularly by children to imitate themovements of the steering wheel of motor vehicles such as auupon the front end of a resilient bracket or equivalent supporting member having its rear end attachedto the frontportionof a child to be carried by said child when riding in the vehicle, or in any other position in amusement device showing the various feabelt orequivalent attaching means which is securedin position around the body of the which the child may be placed, with a minimum liability of injury in theuse thereof.

Other objects and uses relating to specific parts of the device will be brought out in the following description.

In the drawing: 7 y 7 Figure 1 is a top plan of the detached tures of my invention.

Figure 2 is 'an enlarged vertical sectional view taken in the plane of line 22-, Figure 1, the'ends' of the belt being broken away.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken in the plane of line 33, Figure 2.

As illustrated, this device comprises a tions 2'- and 2 whereby the belt; may

be applied to and released from the body of the child;

A U-shaped bracket -3 of resilient metal has one of itsarms secured by rivets or equivalent fastening means -4 to thecen'- tral portion of the belt 1+ to extend downwardly, forwardly and upwardly therefrom and has its distal end slightly inclined'upwardly and rearwardly and reducedein width flexible belt 1 of any suitable materialhaving' its ends provided with cooperative buckle secto form a journalbearing 5 uponjwhich is rotatably' mounted a 'wheel--A-.-

As illustrated, the bracket 3f is lami nated and is composed of, outer and inner cured together at intervals throughout its length by rivets 7-.

These layers 6- and '6- are preferably made of thin stripsof aluminum alloy 2:

or otherhighly resilientmetal .to allow va- 160 rious portions thereof to readily yield when broughtinto contact withfother objects and thereby to'reduce the liability of accident when placed in operative positionupon the f child. 1' T The outer and innerlayers of the rear arm as 3 of the bracket -3-- are slightly divergent upwardly and are secured by the rivets to the intermediate portion of T the belt.i1'' as shown more clearlyin Fig Um ure 2-, said rear arm 3 being relatively wider than the remaining portions of, the

bracketito afford relatively broad bearings upon adj acent portionsofthe belt to assist i in holding the bracket and belt against relatively' lateral turning-movementand at the same. time to form correspondinglybroad bearings. of'the bracketagainst'the body of 5 the child to'reduce the liability of accident and also to aid in holding the bracket in an upright position. Y

The wheel A. is provided a hub I having a central circular opening 'a forreceiving the reduced end or bear- .b-acket 3,eand permitting the wheel to ing 5 on the upper frontend o'f the turn about the bearing. i V The reduction in the width of the upper frontend of the. bracket "3 to form' the bearing -5 incidentally produces shoul- 'ders 5 for limiting the-downward moves ment of the wheel A;-"upon saidbearing.

A washer 9-8 is interposed betweenthe shoulders 5'f and underside ofthehub "a to enable the wheel to turn freely about its bearing 5-':- and also to reduce wear upon the adja'cent portion of the bracket. V I

A similar washerr-8'' is engaged with the upper surface of the hub a' of the r wheel and is provided with a central opening bled as a unit inthe manner. described-so 'i adjacent washer a to form retaining shoulders 9 for holding the wheel againstupward displacement from. the bracket.

The front portion of the bracket 3 is preferably curved upwardly and rearwardly so that its bearing 5-' may be similarly inclined to support the wheel 'A- in an upwardly therefrom, and a hand-wheel journaled in the front end of the bracket to be rotated by the child while wearing the belt. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 3d dav of J ulv 1930.

BURT H. WHITE.

inclined planeat right angles thereto, or, in H l p a forwardly and-upwardly inclined plane similar to thatof the steering wheelof a motorvehicle for convenience of manipulation by the child; a. H

" Operation g v All of the par'ts of the device are assemthat when itis desired to use the, same it is simply necessary. to fasten the belt l around the waist or body of the child with f v the bracket 3 and wheel -,-.A'- directly in front so that the wheel maybereadily engaged and operated by either hand or both hands of a child.

lVhen the device is not in use the belt 1 may be readily detached from the body of the child and the entire device stored away in a relatively small space within the vehicle or in any other depository. r

V lVhatI-claimis: s 1 1. Anamusementdevice of thercharacter described comprising :a band adapted to be attached to the body of theuser, afbracket composed of innersandouter layers .ofjrela- -tively thin sheet metal havingthe layers at one end secured to the inner andouter faces of the intermediate portion of the band, the opposite ends of the lavers being reduced in vwidth to form a bearing, and a wheel 'ro tatably'mounted on said bearing, the ends of the layers-forming saidbearing being bent laterally in opposite directions to hold" the wheel against upward displacement.

2. A childs amusement device comprising a belt adapted to be fastened around the body of the child, a bracket attached to the belt and extended downwardly, forwardly and upwardly therefrom, and a hand-wheel journaled on'the front end of the bracket to n revolve about a downwardly and forwardly inclined axis and in a plane at" anacute angle to the .plane of the beltfwhenthelatteris. fastened-to the body of the "child.

' 3. A childsamusement device comprising 7 a belt adapted to be'fastened around the body v of the child, a bracket attached to the belt and extended downwardly, forwardly and 

